Location of Latvia
There are 159 species of non-marine molluscs living in the wild in Latvia . In addition there are at least 9 gastropod species living only in as hothouse aliens in greenhouses , aquaria and terraria.
There are 129 species of gastropods ,[ 1] 43 species of freshwater gastropods , 86 species of land gastropods and 30 species of bivalves [ 2] living in the wild.
Summary table of number of species
(Summary table is based on species counted in this list and include also those ones with question marks)
Latvia
freshwater gastropods
43
land gastropods
86
gastropods altogether
129
bivalves
30
molluscs altogether
159
non-indigenous gastropods in the wild
?? freshwater and ?? land
non-indigenous hot-house alien gastropods
9
non-indigenous bivalves in the wild
?
non-indigenous hot-house alien bivalves
no
non-indigenous molluscs altogether
?
The list is divided into freshwater and land species and then arranged in zoological order. The list is complete.
Freshwater gastropods [ edit ]
Species of non-marine gastropods in Latvia include:[ 1]
Neritidae
Viviparidae
Hydrobiidae
Lithoglyphidae
Bithyniidae
Valvatidae
Acroloxidae
Lymnaeidae
Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Stagnicola palustris (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Stagnicola fuscus (C. Pfeiffer, 1821)
Stagnicola corvus (Gmelin, 1791)
Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Radix ampla (Hartmann, 1821)
Radix peregra (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Radix balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Myxas glutinosa (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Physidae
Planorbidae
Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774
Anisus spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anisus leucostoma (Millet, 1813)
Anisus vortex (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anisus vorticulus (Troschel, 1834)
Bathyomphalus contortus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gyraulus albus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Gyraulus acronicus (A. Fėrussak, 1807)
Gyraulus laevis (Alder, 1838)
Gyraulus riparius (Westerlund, 1865)
Gyraulus rossmaessleri (Auerswald, 1851)
Gyraulus crista (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippeutis complanatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Segmentina nitida (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Ancylus fluviatilis O. F. Müller, 1774
Aciculidae
Ellobiidae
Cochlicopidae
Lauriidae
Pupillidae
Valloniidae
Vertiginidae
Columella edentula (Draparnaud, 1805)
Columella aspera Waldėn, 1966
Truncatellina cylindrica (A. Ferussac, 1807)
Vertigo pusilla O. F. Müller, 1774
Vertigo antivertigo (Draparnaud, 1801)
Vertigo substriata (Jeffreys, 1833)
Vertigo pygmaea (Draparnaud, 1801)
Vertigo lilljeborgi (Westerlund, 1871)
Vertigo genesii (Gredler, 1856)
Vertigo geyeri Lindholm, 1925
Vertigo ronnebyensis (Westerlund, 1871)
Vertigo alpestris Alder, 1838
Vertigo angustior Jeffreys, 1830
Enidae
Clausiliidae
Cochlodina laminata (Montagu, 1803)
Cochlodina orthostoma (Menke, 1828)
Ruthenica filograna (Rossmässler, 1836)
Macrogastra ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801)
Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801)
Macrogastra borealis (Boettger, 1878) - synonym: Macrogastra latestriata (A. Schmidt, 1857)
Clausilia bidentata (Ström, 1765)
Clausilia cruciata (Studer, 1820)
Clausilia pumila C. Pfeiffer, 1828
Clausilia dubia Draparnaud, 1805
Laciniaria plicata (Draparnaud, 1801)
Balea biplicata (Montagu, 1803)
Bulgarica cana (Held, 1836)
Succineidae
Ferussaciidae
Punctidae
Discidae
Gastrodontidae
Euconulidae
Vitrinidae
Zonitidae
Oxychilidae
Limacidae
Agriolimacidae
Arionidae
Bradybaenidae
Hygromiidae
Helicidae
Species of freshwater bivalves in Latvia include:[ 2]
Unionoida
Margaritiferidae
Unionidae
Veneroida
Sphaeriidae
Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphaerium nucleus (S. Studer, 1820)
Sphaerium ovale (A. Férussac, 1807)
Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck, 1818)
Sphaerium solidum (Normand, 1844)
Musculium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Pisidium amnicum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)
Pisidium henslowanum (Sheppard, 1823)
Pisidium hibernicum Westerlund, 1894
Pisidium lilljeborgii Clessin, 1886
Pisidium milium Held, 1836
Pisidium nitidum Jenyns, 1832
Pisidium obtusale (Lamarck, 1818)
Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855
Pisidium pulchellum Jenyns, 1832
Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855
Pisidium supinum A. Schmidt, 1851
Dreissenidae
"Hothouse aliens" in Latvia include:[ 1]
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries: